Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Q: I have been wondering about this for so many years. Elvis Presley and his beautiful wife, Priscilla, got a divorce - in the early '70s, I think. After the divorce, Priscilla became involved with her karate instructor. Later, she gave birth to a baby boy. I wonder whatever happened to that little boy. I have not heard or read anything about him.
Seriously? OMG! WTF? (Free subscription) | 06/25/2008
(photo from WireImage) The Broadway Musical for The Addams Family has its Morticia and Gomez according to the NY Post! They are saying that Bebe Neuwirth has signed on to play Morticia and Nathan Lane is close to signing on to play Gomez. While I think Bebe is perfect for Morticia, Nathan Lane is no Gomez. [...]
Lance Mannion (Free subscription) | 06/23/2008
Get Smart is the funniest movie of the year! You find that hard to believe? Would you believe it's as at least as funny as the best episodes of the old TV series? You don't believe that either? Would you believe it's funnier than the revamped series from the 90s in which Andy Dick played Max and 99's son? No? How about it's funnier than The Nude Bomb? Ok, it has its moments. Steve Carrell's a pretty...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 04/28/2008
Here are the results of the latest SF Signal poll. QUESTION Who was the best villain on the 1960's Batman television show (or the 1966 film)? RESULTS (97 total votes) Some comments this week... "A tough question, but I do think that Egghead, King Tut, the John Astin Riddler and the Lee Meriwether Catwoman are definitely 'second tier'. Since they have such a complex relationship, for me its really a...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
GOMEZ TIMES TWO. Both Raul Julia and John Astin get into the action in tonight's "Addams Family InFestation" (10 p.m.-2 a.m., TV Land). First comes the 1991 feature film (10 p.m.) with Julia, Anjelica Huston and Christopher Lloyd in roles made famous in the 1964-66 ABC series (starting at midnight) by Astin, Carolyn Jones and Jackie Coogan. The four TV episodes spotlight Coogan's daffy Uncle Fester....
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 03/31/2008
Your birthday today: You are analytical and give a great deal of thought and careful consideration to a problem, before doing anything important. Trust your friends. Do not search for the motives underlying their actions, for in doing this, you will bring only unhappiness to yourself. Ask Eleanor Hardy, as, having been born before THE war (that's the big dubya dubya eye eye, son!), she appears to have...
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
By David Lambert - Arts Alliance America, through their P.R. Agency, has let us know that TV Guide Presents...Charles In Charge - The Complete 3rd Season is coming to DVD on May 20th. While that was... (more)
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
By David Lambert - Checkmate was one of the best television dramas to come out of the 1960s, combining great scripts, locations and casting. Created by thriller-writer Eric Ambler and filmed on the streets... (more)
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
To millions, she's actress Patty Duke. But Tuesday, Duke described her long, tortured path to reclaiming her birth name, Anna.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
On the Aronoff Center stage Tuesday, Patty Duke described her long, tortured path through manic depression and alcoholism that eventually led to her reclaiming her birth name, Anna.
UNCoRRELATED (Free subscription) | 01/13/2008
[ ...not that McCain is evil, I just like the moniker from the 1972 movie with John Astin--Evil Roy Slade, the meanest man in the west... ] As any number of his colleagues has attested to--John McCain does not like to be contradicted. He's right damn it, and you're going to like it. He gets away with it in Washington, but its somewhat more problematic on the campaign trail. During the Q & A after his...
Wonkette (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Senator John “Frankenstein” Kerry, that guy who supposedly ran for President in 2004, is reportedly going to announce today in South Carolina that he’s an Obamaniac. This would...
Examiner (Free subscription) | 12/28/2007
John Astin belongs in the spotlight.
Why Travel To France (Free subscription) | 12/15/2007
Just a gentle reminder that Christmas is in TEN DAYS! Here are some movie gift ideas for people who love France and films (including yourself!) This short list is hugely far from being complete and it's always hard to make a selection. I know I should've listed more but I only have so many minutes [...]
Phawker (Free subscription) | 12/11/2007
WHAT WOULD JESUS BUY? (2007, directed by Rob Van Alkemade, 91 minutes, U.S.) BY DAN BUSKIRK FILM CRITIC It's hard to reconcile what has become the modern American version of Christmas and the gospel of Jesus Christ. Look at Luke 12:15, where the man they called Christ warns against covetousness, “for one’s life does not consist [...]
